• Family movie: E.T., Fuzzbucket, the Boy who could Fly, plus Mac and Me

    ET may not have stayed on Earth long, but he spawned a lot of imitators. “Mac and Me” comes to mind. It’s like a guy saw an ET bootleg, told his friend about it, and then that friend used what they heard as a prompt for a writing class, and one of those kids forgot…

  • Family movie: “Grease” is the word

    My kids are always asking to watch movies with lots of highschoolers in them. Most movies with lots of highschoolers are focused on pursuits that don’t align with my tender elementary school-aged daughters. And the ones that Disney makes for the tween audience tend toward meanness, egoism, and smartass attitudes in such polished ways that…

  • Horse Latitudes 5 (Live mix 3/5)

    Live from the library, here’s Phonomet Music’s “Horse Latitudes 5” Playlist Walter Wanderley O Samba Brasileiro Jugoe Tique Toque US Girls So Typically Now Miles Davis Talking Shit Mac DeMarco Rockaway Madvillain Accordion DJ Cam Joao Beck Hell Yes Emapea It’s All Good Koralle Sangiovese Run DMC Sucka Emcees 1 inst beatles flying Flying Lotus…